A Simpleton by Charles Reade
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over her. But he kept his head.
He changed the dinner hour to six, and used to go out directly afterwards. She began to complain of his leaving her alone like that. "Well, but wait a bit," said he; "suppose I am making a little money by it, to buy you something you have set your heart on, poor darling!" In a very few days after this, he brought her a little box with a slit in it. He shook it, and money rattled; then he unlocked it, and poured out a little pile of silver. "There," said he, "put on your bonnet, and come and buy those things." She put on her bonnet, and on the way she asked how it came to be all in silver. "That is a puzzler," said he, "isn't it?" "And how did you make it, dear? by writing?" "No." "By fees from the poor people?" "What, undersell my brethren! Hang it, no! My dear, I made it honestly, and some day I will tell you how I made it; at present, all I will tell you is this: I saw my darling longing for something she had a right to long for; I saw the tears in her sweet eyes, and--oh, come along, do. I |
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